By Mark Squibb
The Town of Conception Bay South this March submitted an application to the provincial government asking for $2.5 million in federal money for 2026 street upgrades.
A list of streets which will receive work has not yet been released.
Council also voted to close the Lawrence Pond Road upgrades project with a remaining balance of $194.47. That balance will be carried over for use on future projects.
“Looking at that $194.47, that’s not a bad job of estimates on a multi-million project, so kudos to our staff,” said councillor-at-large Rex Hillier.
Funding for municipal capital works is earmarked under an alphabet soup of provincial and federal nomenclature. The provincial program that the Town applied to is called the Capital Investment Plan. Some of the money for the Capital Investment Plan actually comes from the federal Canada Community-Building Fund. As with other municipalities, the funding that ultimately flows to the Town is usually a mixture of federal and provincial funds, with CBS itself on the book for a smaller portion of the total cost.
